Attachment for connecting tape-sections.



` B. F. OREWILER.

ATTACHMENT FOR CONNECTING TAPE SECTIONS. l

APPLICATGN FILED MAY 3.. 1915'.

1,191,723- 4 Pantea Ju1y18,1916.

y@ i M BenjamiTLlOreu/Ze' io'iaifrs DiaEivJ'AivIIiv F. OREWILER, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR CQNNECTING TAPE-SECTIONS.

'Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented JulylS, 1916.

Application led May 3, 1915. Serial No. 25,591.

To ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. OlinwiLniz, a citizen ot the Ilnitedrrjtates, residing at Chicago, in the-county oi Cook and State oi' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments i'or Connecting Tape-Sections, of which the ollmving is a specification.

yThe present invention relates to a metal piece or part adapted and arranged for the purpose of connecting the elastic and nonelasticV sections of a garter or similar garment-supporting device. l

One ot the objects of the invention is to bring about the joining of the Velastic and non-elastic sections without the puncturing of the elastic section by sewing or otherwise. f

A further object of the invention is to provide a piece or part of the character described, which is cheap and simple of construction and easy of application.

The invention further consists in the features oit construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a garter appliance equipped with the attachment oi the present invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged section taken. on line .2#2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, an enlarged section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1'.

In the art to which the present invention relates, considerable difficulty has been eX-' perienced by manufacturers in properly joining the elastic and non-elastic tapes which are portions of lgarment supporting devices. It is highly undesirable, in connecting elastic and non-elastic tapes, to puncture the elastic tape by stitching or the use of penetrating points, since this severs the elastic strips, causing a shrinkage of them within the channels of the fabric in which they are confined, resulting in a loss of elasticity in a certain portion of the tape and decreases its efficiency; and it is, moreover,

very advantageous to join the elastic and non-elastic tapes with very little, if any, overlapping of the elastic tape. since this elastic tape is expensive and each fraction of an inch saved in the process of manufac-` ture, results in a substantial saving when manufacturing on a large scale is taken into consideration. In the present invention, a device is provided for joining the elastic and non-elastic sections of a garment supconcerned.

porter in amanner to overcome the objections noted above. V Y

Referring now to the drawings: The appliance of the present invention is shownf as applied to a garter consisting of a section ot elastic tape 4, depending from which are companion sections of non-elastic tapes 5, each of which maybe separate or may be of one continuous piece, as desired. In the constructionillustrated, it is shown as one continuous strip; it is to be understood, however, that theapplianceof r the present invention Ais not limited to. use with a nonelastic section of 2 tapes, but may be employed with a vno n-elastic section of a single tape. The elastic section 4'is provided at its upper end with any suitable form of securing device `6,' and said section is further provided with an adjusting buckle 7 which may be also of any suitable form. Connected to the non-elastic section '5, are garment clasps A8 consisting of. the usual stud 9 carried by a base plate 10 andk a l clamping member 10@ formed witlithe usual button-hole slot, although, of course, the particular form of garment clasp may be varied, so far as the present invention is The present'invention deals with the part or piece whicli'connects the elastic section 4 with the non-elastic section 5 and, as will be seen` from the drawings, said part or piece consists of a body 11 formed, as shown, of a single piece of metal which is bent back upon itselr1 midway its length, as at 12, whereby said body is formed to'constitute a front section 13 and rear section 14. The front section is formed with a slot 15 and the rear section with an inwardly turned, preferably serrated, flange 1G, which, as will be seen from Fig. 2, is in alinement with the slot 15. The member 11 is also formed j with a slot 17 at the point wheie it is bent. Y

In use, the strap of the elastic section 4 is inserted between the front section 13 and rear section 14 of the'member 11, being understood that the rear section 14 lis initially bent backward and away Jfrom the front section 13 a suiiicient distance to allow of the insertion of the tape sections to be joined. After the elastic sectionhas `beeninserted, as described above, the non-elastic section is passed through the slot 17 in the member 11 and is brought up over the top edge of the rear section 14 and thence passes along the back of this section. By this arrangement it will be seen that the metal at the back of section ll is coveredup;V u"lhis is highly important in devices of this character, since it is impractical in the trade to offer any attachmentv'not lof the so-called rustless character-that is, havingl a backing for 'all of the metal parts.A

After the elastic and non-elastic sections have been placed in position, as aforesaid, the rear sectionle is pressed or swaged toward the front section 13,"with the resultl that the'ed'ge 1G of the rea-r 'section' will press oi' force the tape sections into the sl'ot l5, so "that they are wedged therein, 'as shown in Fig. 2, and are thus securely and eiiiciently held in -position I "I From the foregoing, it will be readily understood that' attaching these Sections in the Imanner described efects'no puncturingolil the elastic section in 'any manner,'but gives a and 'rigid union between the'el'astic and non-'elastic tape sections without" the objectionable'puncturing of tlie"`elast1`c sec'- tion.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for the upper edge of the rear section, thence downward 'and across the back of said section, whereby a fabric covering for the back of the attachment is lprovided, vand said rear section, when swaged toward the front section, 'forcingsaid'tapes lying opposite said flange into said recess to maintain the tape sections in ixed relation to one another, substantially as described.

2. An attachment for connecting tape sections, comprising a one-piece metallic body bent toU-shaped lformation to provide a front section and a Vrea'r section, said front section 4having formed therein a transversely extending recess, an inwardly extending flange on the upper end of the rear section alined with said recess, the space between the front and rear sections forming a pocket for the reception of tape sections, said body lbeing formed with a slot in the wall connecting the front and rear sections, onetape section extending fromsaid pocket across the rear face ofthe front section, the other tape section extending from a point beyond lSaidattach/ment'through the slot and into the pocket, thencel across the top edge of the rear section," and thence across theback of the rear section to a point beyond the attachment, whereby a lfabric covering ltor the backof the attachment is provided, andsaid rear section `when swaged toward the front section forcing said tapes lyingf opposite said 'flange into said recess to maintain the tape sections in fixed yrelation to one another, substantially as described. lBFFNJANLIN F: OREILER.

W'itnesses:v

" *Win P. BOND,

FRANCES M; FROST.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,'D.C. i 

